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Fresh fears for the future of libraries have emerged with the
revelation that local councils are facing a £5.8bn spending gap by 2020.
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Amazon is funding a legal challenge against US president
Donald Trump's controversial "travel ban" on behalf of
its employees in the US and around the world who could be
affected.
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Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent is among the dozen
books longlisted for the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize.
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Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, has
signed a deal to publish her memoir with Orion imprint Trapeze.
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Bookouture has hired Lucas Alexander Whitley agent Peta
Nightingale to the newly-created role of head of talent.
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The UK’s answer to the Nobel Prize for Literature – the
£40,000 David Cohen Prize - is now being managed by New Writing
North.
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Virago has acquired A
Woman of No Importance, the true story of an American
WWII spy Virginia Hall, by author, journalist and
broadcaster Sonia Purnell.
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Literary scouting agency Louise Allen-Jones Associates has
been retained by two overseas publishing houses who will join its 12
existing clients from around the world.
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Rough Guides has launched a new podcast series, The Rough
Guide to Everywhere, sharing untold travel stories
and featuring guests including Ruby Wax, Dervla Murphy and Meik
Wiking in conversation.
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Picador has acquired Your
Life in My Hands, the diaries of junior doctor-turned-comedian
Adam Kay, inspired by his Edinburgh Fringe show on the same
topic.
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